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RebelOne

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27. Well, mine worked. I have only been finding dead bugs,

Reply to LynneSin (Reply #23)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 04:51 PM

Dec 2011

but those wall things have not deterred the rats. I am finally rat free for the time being, thanks to my rat buster control guy.

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Update about my bugs - it's a Christmas miracle [View all] LynneSin Dec 2011 OP

we have asian roaches that live under the vegatation in our yard. seabeyond Dec 2011 #1

I wouldn't say I'm bug free. There are a few in hiding still LynneSin Dec 2011 #2

don't forget the giant flying cockroaches Texans euphemistically call "palmetto Bugs" Capn Sunshine Dec 2011 #5

i think that is probably more south of us where it is hot and humid. seabeyond Dec 2011 #6

No, Texans call them tree roaches. Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #9

I live in TX and my cats keep my house roach and mouse free! sammytko Dec 2011 #10

Yep, cats rule!!!!!!! nt Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #11

Nothing creeps me out like roaches. Not spiders, mice, or even republicans. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2011 #3

Not sure about the battle between cockroaches and republicans LynneSin Dec 2011 #4

I thought republicans were cockroaches. rurallib Dec 2011 #18

No come on rurallib - that's just insultive and you know it...... LynneSin Dec 2011 #21

We have Argentine ants. hunter Dec 2011 #7

Oh, man, I hate roaches. rug Dec 2011 #8

Cheapest solution - boric acid from the drug store. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #12

Been there done that and still had a problem LynneSin Dec 2011 #13

I generally don't use pesticide or herbicide - but sometimes you got to! hedgehog Dec 2011 #14

Buy Local musette_sf Dec 2011 #15

Thanks for the advice. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #16

Well there are other baits not advion, I just happen to have luck with Advion LynneSin Dec 2011 #17

I can see how spraying would have a limited effect. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #19

I've only had one event where I was mortified by a bug in my house Duer 157099 Dec 2011 #20

We called them potato bugs -- Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2011 #28

I have one of those things you plug into the wall RebelOne Dec 2011 #22

I've never had any luck with those things you plug into the wall. LynneSin Dec 2011 #23

Well, mine worked. I have only been finding dead bugs, RebelOne Dec 2011 #27

Are they the Asian variety? geardaddy Dec 2011 #24

That looks like a German LynneSin Dec 2011 #25

That's the American cockroach geardaddy Dec 2011 #26

I have a high tolerance for bugs LynneSin Dec 2011 #29

The bug guy used the bait UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #30

OMG you got the advion? LynneSin Dec 2011 #31

Yes, and within minutes of him leaving UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #32

Good for you era veteran Dec 2011 #33

Even if you seal up all your food air tight the bugs will eat... LynneSin Dec 2011 #34

And they make homes out of the boxes UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #35